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Carnatic MusicFestival

Parameswaran Kala-laya Foundation will be cel-ebrating Grand CarnaticMusic Festival from 8th to10th November, 2019 atDharma Shastha Mahav-ishnu temple, Sector 48ANear Adarsh Market, Sea-woods, Nerul. On allthe three days the disci-ples of Mridanga VidwanGuru M. S. Parameswaran will beperforming Thala VadhyaKacheri from 5.00 pm to7.00 pm. There will be clas-sical Carnatic music con-certs from 7.30 pm to 9.30pm where the disciples ofGuru M. S. Parameswa-ran will accompany lead-ing vocalists.

Airoli commuterstweet complaints

against errantrickshaw drivers

Infuriated with the dic-tatorial behavior of some ofthe auto rickshaw driversstanding on the Easternside of the Airoli railway sta-tion, the commuters tweet-ed complaints on the Rail-way’s twitter account…(More on page 3)

Man trying to sellrare breed of snake

nabbedA young man trying to

sell a rare breed Indiansand boa, a rare snake,was arrested on Sundaynight by an anti-narcoticteam of Navi Mumbai po-lice near ST stand in Pan-vel. The accused has beenidentified as Prasad San-tosh Jadhav (20). Snakeworth Rs 50 lakh wasseized. Police have hand-ed over the snake to forestofficials…(More on page9)

NEWS INBRIEF

BELAPUR: In contin-uation with its commit-ment for the develop-ment of Navi MumbaiAirport Influenced Area(NAINA) projectthrough participatoryland pooling concept,Shree Lokesh Chandra,Vice Chairman & Man-aging Director, CIDCOon 1st November, 2019sanctioned the DraftTown Planning Scheme3 admeasuring an areaof about 438 ha frompart villages of Chipale,Koproli, Nere, Nerepa-da, Vihighar and Moho.

The Government ofMaharashtra, with thepurpose of the planned

CIDCO’s approval toDraft Town PlanningScheme no. 3 gives

boost to NAINA Project

development of the sur-rounding area of NaviMumbai InternationalAirport (NMIA) has ap-pointed CIDCO as Spe-cial Planning Authori-

ty (SPA) for NAINAproject comprising 256villages of Raigad Dis-trict and 14 villages of

Contd. on pg. 8

NAVI MUMBAI: Twomajor wetlands of up-coming Dronagiri nodein Navi Mumbai maybe saved from burialwith the MaharashtraCoastal Zone Manage-ment Authority (MCZ-MA) controlled by theState Government de-claring that the hold-ing ponds fall underCRZ 1. With this, anydevelopment activity inthe wetland-mangrovearea will need scrutinyby the MCZMA.

The Authority hasfiled an affidavit at theBombay High Court inresponse to a writ filedby environmentalistNandakumar Pawar,head of Shree EkviraAai Pratishtan againstCIDCO calling forchecking developmentof areas in the vicinityof the holdings ponds –one at Panje and theother near Karanja jet-ty – in eco-sensitiveUran area.

Reacting to the affi-davit, Pawar said it issignificant that theMCZMA recognises thepresence of large num-ber of mangroves inthese holding ponds.“The affidavit comes as

Dronagiri wetlands,mangroves to be saved

Development activity to be

monitored by State Government

a big hope for environ-ment and mangrovelovers. We are confidentthat CIDCO or NMSEZwill be checkmated ifthey plan any develop-ment around or in theholding ponds.”

“I appeal to RelianceSEZ and CIDCO to carefor environment, localfishing community’slivelihood, biodiversityof Uran areas, beinglast remaining wet-lands,” said Pawar.

Another environ-ment enthusiast, B NKumar, director of TheNature Connect, said:“We have been for longcampaigning that anyloss of mangroves inMumbai’s coast isbound to have a deadlyimpact on the city. Thisaffidavit comes as a bigrelief and we are confi-

Contd. on pg. 9NMMT bus depot at Vashi railwaystation in pathetic condition

Commuters demand civic body’s attention

By Chandrashekhar Hednve

NAVI MUMBAI: Pot-holes filled with waterand becoming breedinggrounds for mosqui-

toes; collapsed gate andpitch darkness atnight- are just some ofthe problems that com-muters waiting to

board buses at theNMMT depot at theVashi railway station

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Mesmerising musical evening heldon the occasion of Skanda Shasti

Dr. Siva steals the show at Shree Subramanya Seva Samaj, Sanpada

By C.K. Subramaniam

SANPADA: Mesmeris-ing music by Dr. Sivain the lead and in thecompany of his stu-dents made SkandaSashti evening a devo-tional musical extrava-ganza at Shree Subra-manya Seva Samaj,Sanpada on Saturday.

Sanpada residentswere privileged to spendthe evening of the aus-picious Skanda Sashtilistening to some won-derful songs on LordMuruga sung melodi-ously by Dr. B Siva andhis students.

Dr. Siva is a gradeartist with the All In-dia Radio and also thefounder of Sukhi Niket-

an Arts Academy, amusical institutionwhich teaches Carnat-ic music to over 250 stu-dents inChennai.

Dr. Sivaand his stu-dents start-ed with Na-masankeer-tanam -songs dedi-cated toL o r dKarthikeyaand then fol-lowed upwith somesongs fromT i r u -pughazal composed bythe saint Arunagiri-nathar. Shri Siva also

gave short talks be-tween songs whichgave insights into theSantana Dharma &

the Bhakti Marg.He later sang songs

on other deities like

Vishnu, Shiva, Durgama and Iyyapan. Theaccompanying artistes- Shri R Suryanarayan-

an on the mridangamand Shri RamchandraSarma on the violingave superb supportto the whole perfor-mance and made iteven more enjoyable.

The performancewhich lasted for near-ly 3 hours was heardwith rapt attention bythe audience whowere highly apprecia-tive of Shri Siva andhis team.

The evening endedwith the distribution

of Prasadam and a voteof thanks to the per-forming artistes.

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given to the public at large that, my clients 1) MR.DILIP ARJUN SHINDE & 2) MRS. RANJANA DILIP SHINDE haveagreed to purchase the property as described in the schedule mentionedhereunder from its present owner MR. SUHAS SHANTARAMKORLEKAR, who is the owner of the Apartment No.E-6/4:1, BldgNo.E-6, 4th Floor, Sector-1, Vashi, Navi Mumbai – 400703.That my client MR. SUHAS SHANTARAM KORLEKAR have lost thefollowing Original Documents in respect of above said Apartment No.E-6/4:1, Bldg No.E-6, 4th Floor, Sector-1, Vashi, Navi Mumbai -400703, more particularly described hereinafter and for the same Mr.Suhas Shantaram Korlekar have already lodged document missingcomplaint before Vashi Station, bearing Lost Property RegistrationNo.3586/2019, on dated: 28/10/2019.

LIST OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS LOST BY MY CLIENT MR.SUHAS SHANTARAM KORLEKAR

1. Original Allotment Letter issued by CIDCO Ltd. to Mr. SuhasShantaram Korlekar.

2. Original Possession Letter issued by CIDCO Ltd. to Mr. SuhasShantaram Korlekar.

3. Original Hirepurchase Agreement executed between CIDCO Ltdand Mr. Suhas Shantaram Korlekar.

4. Original Registration Receipt of Deed of Apartment dated: 27.09.1990duly registered on 14.12.1990 under Doc Sr.No. Cha/10293between CIDCO Ltd. and Mr. Suhas Shantaram Korlekar.

5. Original Payment receipts of payment made to CIDCO Ltd.SCHEDULE OF THE PROPERTY

Apartment No.E-6/4:1, Bldg No.E-6, 4th Floor, Sector-1, Vashi,Navi Mumbai – 400703, Tal. & Dist. Thane, within the limits ofNavi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.Hence all those concerned or who have any information about thedocuments or having claim, charge, lien, or any right, title, interest,against or to the said property mentioned in the Schedule, dispute overthe property mentioned in the Schedule or any part thereof by way ofSale, Transfer, Exchange, Mortgage, Charge, Gift, Trust, Lease,License, Tenancy, Easement, Use, Possession, Inheritance, Bequeath,Lien, Attachment or otherwise howsoever is hereby required tocommunicate/intimate the same to the undersigned at his office addressgiven herein below with documental proof sufficient to their claimswithin a period of 15 days from the date of publication hereof, failingwhich it shall be deemed that the said property is without anyencumbrances of any nature whatsoever, and my clients 1) Mr. DilipArjun Shinde & 2) Mrs. Ranjana Dilip Shinde shall proceed with thepurchase of the said property in the nature and manner that they deemfit and proper. Any claims, objections, demands received after the saidperiod shall not be considered and binding upon my clients and anyclaims, if any will be considered as waived.Dated this 05th day of November, 2019.

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A mono Act showBy Chandrashekar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Akhil Bhartiya Natya Parishadwill be holding a mono act at Euro School Audito-rium, Airoli on 5th November at 7 pm. The entryto the show is free. The mono act has been writ-ten by Sandeep Jangam and directed by VitanBhaskar.

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SHANTI VAIBHAV

Co-operative Housing Society Ltd.(Regn No. NBOM/CIDCO/HSG(OH)/1519/JTR/

YEAR 2003-04 Dt. 12-06-2003)Plot No. 11-A, Sec. 42 A, Seawood, Nerul, Navi Mumbai-400 706

Extension Of Tender Submission DateThe submission date for bids of tender advertised in newspaper for‘SHANTI VAIBHAV CO-OP. HSG. SOCIETY LTD’ dated on 19 th

October 2019 has been extended. The bids will now be acceptedupto 7th November 2019 by 1700 hours.Sealed item rate Tenders are invited through two envelope systems(Technical/Commercial) from interested contractors having provenexperience in similar type of works for podium, ramp and relatedworks at SHANTI VAIBHAV CO-OP. HSG. SOCIETY LTD. Seawoods,Nerul, Navi Mumbai. The details of the same are mentioned in thetable below:1 Name of the Work : Civil Works

2 Owners : SHANTI VAIBHAV COOPERATIVEHOUSING SOCIETY LTDPlot 11A, Sector 42 A, Seawoods,Nerul, Navi Mumbai 400 706Tel +9820258494

3 Consultants/Architect : StudioBOXX(email: vinod@studioboxx.com)

4 Broad scope of work : Construction of Ramp, podium andother allied Civil works at ShantiVaibhav CHS LTD, Seawoods,Navi Mumbai

5 Cost of tender (in cash) : Rs. 5000/- (Rupees FiveThousand Only) Non Refundable

6 Date of issue : 5th Nov. – 6th Nov. 2019(between 12.00 pm to 6.30 pm)

7 Last date of submission : 7th November 2019, till 5.00 pm8 Place of issue of tender : STUDIOBOXX, B302, Nirlep House,

GD Ambekar Marg, Parel, Mumbai– 400012 Tel +91 22 24156741

9 Place of submission of : SHANTI VAIBHAV COOPERATIVEtender HOUSING SOCIETY LTD

Plot 11-A, Sector 42 A Seawoods,Nerul, Navi Mumbai-400 706

10 Tender Opening Date : 7th November 2019, at 6.00 pmif possible.

11 E. M. D. details : Rs. 125,000/- (One Lakh TwentyFive Thousand Only)

12 Period of work : 06 months from LOI(including Monsoon)

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Shanti Vaibhav CHS Ltd.DATE : 05/11/2019 Plot 11A, Sector 42 A, Seawoods,PLACE : NAVI MUMBAI. Nerul, Navi Mumbai 400 706

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Sohail,28, who lives in theKurla area of Mum-bai, has been booked bythe Kharghar police forgiving triple talaq to hiswife.

The complainant, aresident of Khargharhas said in her com-plaint that after mar-riage she was torturedfor various reasons andwas finally given talaqby her husband.

Kharghar policehave registered a crimeunder the new law re-garding triple talaq bythe Central Govern-ment along with moles-tation charges againstthe accused Sohail andhis parents and broth-ers. Earlier, two offens-es were registered un-der this Act at Mumbrain Thane and Nagpadain Mumbai. InKharghar, a third of-fense was registeredunder this Act.

The 20-year-old com-plainant, is currentlypursuing BSc. She metSohail while she wentto Satara for a weddingin May, 2018. She wasconstantly approachedby Sohail who once onthe pretext of invitingher to Bandra Seaface

Kharghar police registers caseagainst man for giving triple talaq

took her to the court atBandra and forciblymarried her. He alsomarried her by con-ducting Nikah in frontof a Maulvi. Their mar-riage was later ap-proved by the girl’s fam-ily who gifted her withmoney, jewelry andhousehold utensils andelectronics to start herown family.

Later, the victimcame to know that So-hail was already mar-ried. However, Sohailsaid that he had di-vorced his first wife asshe was mentally chal-lenged after 4 monthsof marriage.

Within few days So-hail and his parentsstarted harassing thegirl in different waysand stopped her fromgoing to college. Later,during the period fromMarch to May, Sohail

divorced the victim,verbally giving her ta-laq (divorce) three timesand later left her at herparent’s house inKharghar.

When the victimwent to Sohail’s houseto ask for jewelry andarticles given to her byher father at the wed-ding, Sohail and herrelatives refused to give

her jewelry and humil-iated her. In the mean-time, Sohail marriedanother woman.

The police have reg-istered a case againstSohail, his parents andbrother under the Cen-tral Government’s newtriple talaq Act (Protec-tion of MarriageRights). No one hasbeen arrested in thecase so far. Sohail andhis family were sum-moned for questioning,police said.

Airoli commuters tweet complaintsagainst errant rickshaw drivers on the

Railway Twitter accountBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Infu-riated with the dictato-rial behavior of some ofthe auto rickshaw driv-ers standing on theEastern side of theAiroli railway station,the commuters tweet-ed complaints on theRailway’s twitter ac-count.

While setting uprailway stations on theTrans Harbor Railway,CIDCO has also pro-vided parking space forrickshaws and taxistands in the premisesof all railway stations.On the eastern andwestern sides of theAiroli Railway Station,CIDCO has given aspace for rickshaw andtaxi stand. However,some rickshaw driversobstruct the path byputting their vehicleright at the entrance ofthe station and notstopping at the allottedrickshaw stand. Overthe past few months,the number of rick-shaws has increaseddrastically at the en-trance of the station,which is causing greatdeal of hardship to thecommuters.

“In the name ofshare rickshaws, theseauto drivers take con-trol of the space duringthe morning andevening pick-up hoursand at night by stand-ing at the entrance tothe railway station.Even after gettingthree passengers, therickshaw drivers keepwaiting for the fourthpassenger. This is alsoillegal”, said a com-muter.

Irked by the nuanceof the rickshaw driv-ers, several photos andvideos of the rickshawdrivers blocking theway toward the stationhas been put up on therailway’s Twitter ac-count as well as theRPF. While prompt ac-tion was taken by theRPF personnel de-ployed at the railwaystation and they in-

structed the auto driv-ers to park their vehi-cle at the allotted spotsonly, but as soon asthey left, the passen-gers said that theywere back to the sameold business. “Sternaction should be takenagainst the errantdrivers,” said a com-muter.

“We have receivedcomplaints from thecommuters who haveposted pictures as wellas videos of the errantauto drivers obstruct-ing the entrance of therailway station. Wehave written to the lo-cal police station alongwith the Navi MumbaiRTO and the CIDCOencroachment depart-ment to take actionagainst the rickshawdrivers,” said TurbheRPP Senior InspectorPK Vishwakarma.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) has launcheda vigorous campaignagainst unauthorizedadvertisements, illegalbanners and posters fordefacing the city walls.Actions were initiatedagainst 17 people forputting posters on citywalls without permis-sion from the civic

NMMC files charges against17 people for defacing city walls

body.In the complaint

NMMC has namedOm NamShivayTravel CompanyPackers & Movers,Glove, Aarti Classes,My Class CoachingInstitute, PoliceRecruitment ArmyRecruitment, A to ZFridge AC, AquaguardRepairing, S Smart,Home Tuition, Partand Full Time Work,

Takshashila StudyRoom, Urgent Re-quired- Mahesh Men’sSalon, Shipping JobCompany. All theseadvertisements wereillegally posted onelectric poles, electricDP box, walls andtrees in the CBD area.

An official from thecivic body said bannersof commercial adver-tisements like houserentals, loan lending,

various job opening,beauty parlors dis-counts, paying guestsetc advertisements billsare seen on the walls atpublic places like busstops, public toilet, andeven on the compoundwalls of private build-ings of the society.“Stern action will betaken for putting suchposters illegally and fordefacing the city,” hesaid.

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One of my friendswatched Ujda Cha-man, the new moviedealing with male bald-ness. I asked him aboutthe movie as he waslooking unhappy. Hesaid that movie was okbut he is hurt. I askedwhy? His answer was,“The movie showsmany incidents wherebaldness creates comicsituation, but how do Ifeel or people like mewho are tackling thisbaldness problems?”

I was stunned. Yesthe male and femalebaldness has really in-creased and it is devel-oping into a big prob-lem .We should have tothink about it deeply.Hair loss is happeningbecause of many possi-ble causes, includinggenetics, an underac-tive thyroid, cancertreatments or medica-tions for other healthconditions. And formany people, hair loss(alopecia) or thinninghair can result in a lossof self-esteem and it cancause depression, anxi-ety, and other emotion-al issues. Why the hairloss is so disturbing formen and women? Thereasons are societal aswell as psychological.Almost every society inthe world associatesluxurious hair withyouth, beauty, and goodhealth and for centu-ries, humans haveadorned themselves ina variety of ways — bytattooing, doing nailcosmetics, and hair-styles of all sort. Formany people, their hairis the epitome of beau-ty. When you lose yourhair — for whateverreason, it can make youdepressed. One of mycolleagues was takinghair treatment and hishair condition im-proved. He told me howhe was feeling so lostand many humiliatingthoughts about his per-sonality used to haunthim. He lost interest inhis work and he had to

Hair loss

and lives

affectedundergo psychologicaltreatment also.

Females are not farbehind in having theemotional trauma. Be-ing a female I can un-derstand how impor-tant hair are for ourpersonality. Generallywomen associate theirhair with their sexual-ity, sensuality, andbeauty. If you mentionhair, for many people itconjures up images ofwomen known for mag-nificent, flowing locks:like Dimple Kapadia

.When a woman losesher hair or has thinninghair, she starts to be-lieve that she is nolonger attractive. Hairis a key part of the malepsyche and for men,their hair representstheir virility. So likewomen, when they ex-perience conditions thatcause hair loss, a baldspot, or thinning hair,they believe they aren’tas manly or attractiveany more. So whateverthe cause of your hairloss, the key to dealingwith the emotional sideof thinning hair andbald spots is having theright attitude. You haveto believe that you aremore than hair. Youhave to remind yourselfthat hair loss itself isnot life-threatening. Itmay not be pleasantand it can be unfortu-nate, but you can live ahealthy life with thin-ning hair or a bald spot,Always remember thatyour true friends andfamily will like you foryourself and not for howmuch hair you have onyour head and sexuali-ty is nothing to do with

hair loss. For your owncomfort you can workwith beauty profession-als to find a hairstylethat suits you. You mayuse a wig, hat, or a headscarf that complementsyour sense of fashion. Ifyour hair is thinning,then keep it short rath-er than try to hide baldspots with obviouscomb-overs.

If the emotional im-pact of hair loss is get-ting in the way of liv-ing your life, get helpfrom a mental health

professional. Some-times hair thinning isdue to a conditionknown as Alopecia ar-eata .It is a conditionthat causes hair to fallout in small patches,which can be unnotice-able. These patchesmay connect, after-wards and then be-come noticeable. Thiscondition developswhen the immune sys-tem attacks the hairfollicles, resulting inhair loss. This condi-tion can result in totalhair loss, called alope-cia universalis, and itcan prevent hair fromgrowing back. If thehair does grow back,it’s possible for the hairto fall out again.There’s currently nocure for alopecia area-ta, but there are treat-ments that may helphair grow back morequickly and that canprevent future hairloss, as well as uniqueways to cover up thehair loss. For this typeof hair loss medicalhelp is necessary but

Collective effort for fruitful resultOf late, concern for environment is a buzzword. The environ-

mental concerns, which in the very recent past did not make anynews at all, today creates ripples across the globe as it is linked tothe very survival of the human race. Few decades back, it was notso because more than environment what was needed was food andshelter especially in the underdeveloped and developing coun-tries. So for their survival, the forest were being slaughtered mer-cilessly and it was already very late when it dawned upon the hu-man civilization that by doing so they were destroying the verynature which was nurturing them. The resilience of the nature andits finite ability to absorb onslaught has already been tested to itsbrim. However today, the awareness about conservation of for-ests and their environment at large has percolated deep down inthe society. The governmental and non-governmental organiza-tions are vying with each other to take a lead in the field. NaviMumbai too through its development authorities- CIDCO andNMMC does come out with programmes or drives for tree plan-tation.

Though the spirit for these drives is right but as regards itsimplementation, more hype is being created than the concreteimplementation of these programmes. Going by the statistics be-ing provided, Navi Mumbai should have had a very thick forestcover by now. The ground reality is unfortunately contrary to thesestatistics, which indicates that either the statistics is wrong or nofeedback or monitoring post plantation care is being done on thepart of the authorities. There seems to be no accountability for thehuge money being spent on such drives, which at least so far havenot yielded unfortunately to say any result.

Over the years the forest cover has been uniformly reducing.The green jungles full of life are being cut mercilessly and arebeing replaced concrete jungles in the process of unmindful ur-banization, which is disturbing the sensitive ecological balancecreated by nature. The climatic conditions are changing for worseand in a way by cutting trees we are literally closing the oxygenplants provided by nature although knowing quite well that theoxygen is one of the vital requirements for survival of life. Similar-ly in the coastal areas, especially in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai,incidences of unmindful destroying of mangroves vital for ecolog-ical balance are regularly being reported. In a haste to bring inmore and more land under development, the mangroves are be-ing destroyed and illegal reclamation of land is being carried out.This is adversely disturbing the aquatic life.

Lot of authorities like CIDCO, NMMC, Forest department,Pollution Control Board have been created to control pollution.However, all these departments should be made jointly responsi-ble for addressing this grave concern for the very existence of thehuman civilization. This is not only to be limited to the govern-ment organizations. The non governmental organizations and ev-ery citizen of the country will have to continue in their own way inpreserving the environment, in particularly the trees, to ensurethat this human civilization does not get wiped out by its own acts.

Contd. on pg. 11

Man killed in road accidentBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Amit Kumar Ram,24, was hit by an unknown vehicle onSunday morning at Rabale MIDC. Thepolice have launched a search againstthe unidentified driver responsible forthe accident. The deceased had comefrom Uttar Pradesh on the same day.

He was employed at a companyin Rabale MIDC and occasionally livedwith his sister in Bhima Nagar. Amit

Kumar had gone to his sister’s houseon Saturday night. On Sunday morn-ing, he was walking to go to his office.As he crossed the road near theSaiprakar hotel in MIDC, an unknownspeeding vehicle hit him.

He was seriously injured and diedon the spot. The driver of the vehiclefled from the spot. The Rabale MIDCpolice have registered a crime againsthim.

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Nerul Bhakta Samaj celebrates Skanda Shashti FestivalBy Lakshman Sundar

NERUL: The NerulBhakta Samaj celebrat-ed Sri Skanda Shashtifestival in a splendidmanner from October28th to November 3,2019 at its temple pre-mises at Sector 29, Ner-ul, Navi Mumbai. TheSamaj lined up a weeklong programme to ho-nour Lord Skanda orKarthikeya or Murugaor Subramanya.Homams, eleven kindsof Dravya Abhishe-gams, Alankarams,Sahasranama Archa-nas Cultural Pro-grams, Aaratis andDeeparadhanas werethe highlights of thisimportant festival.

On November 1st, asmall procession wasorganized from thistemple upto Sri. Ka-makshi Devi Temple atSIES College Campuswhere Lord Murugareceived His Vel orLance from His DivineMother. There were VelPooja and Vel Viruttamfrom Saint Arunagiri-natha’s famous Thiru-pughazh. On theevening of November2nd there was a Rathos-tavam where Lord Sub-ramanya was takenout on a chariot. It at-tracted lots of devoteesin the neighbourhood.On all days sumptuous

PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to the General public that my Client MR.RAJESH G.WAHI AND MRS.JYOTI R. WAHI are the owners of the Flat/Apartment No.2A-A-0-13, Sadguru Co-operative HSG Ltd., Sector-10, Kopar Khairane, Navi Mumbai, 400 709, Taluka & District –Thane, have lost the following original Documents in relating to thesaid Flat/Apartment:-i) Agreement For Saleii) Power Of Attorneyiii) CIDCO approved Plan Copyiv)CIDCO Receiptv) All Other original documents in relating to the said Flat/ApartmentThis police missing report was made with Turbhe Police Station,Navi Mumbai, on 02/11/2019, vide Lost Property Missing registrationNo.1271/2019.Any person/s finding the Original Documents may return the sameat the address mentioned herein below.Any person/s having any claim against the said Flat/Apartmentand for the said Documents, is hereby required to make the sameknown to the undersigned at my office address given herein below,within a period of 15 days from the date of publication hereof, failingwhich shall be deemed to have been waived for all intents andpurpose and not binding on my client.

Sd/-AJAY D. GAIKWAD B.L.S., L.L.B., D.C.L.

Advocate High CourtSS-3, Shop No. 229, Xerox Lane,

Near Abbott Hotel, Sector - 2,Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400703

31, Smt. Sri Vidya fromSeawoods renderedbhajans. On November1st, Shri.Rajamani &Party performedbhajans. On November2, ThirupugjzhAnbargal staged aThirupugazh Bhajan.On the concluding dayof November 3, Poorni-maji and Kanya Sistersdisciples of Sri Mu-ralidhara Swamiji per-formed.

On the concludingday of November3,2019, a Kalyana Ut-savam (Celestial Wed-ding) was performed forLord Muruga with SriValli and Sri Devyani.Pandit Shri Subrama-nian officiated the wed-ding function. All thewedding essentialswere brought by the la-dies in traditional man-ner. The ladies sang inpraise of Lord Muruga.After Deepaaradhanalunch was offered to allattendees. Over 150devotees attended.

Skanda Shashti is asix-day South Indianfestival to Skanda, theLord of Religious Striv-ing, also known as Mu-rugan or Karttikeya. Itbegins on the day afterthe new moon in themonth of Karttika (Oc-tober/November) withchariot processions andpujas invoking His pro-tection and grace.

prasadams were givento all both in the after-noon and evening.

Cultural ProgramsOn all seven days

there were cultural pro-grammes at 6 in theevening. On October 28,Smt. Ranjani Subra-manian & Party per-

formed Carnatic Devo-tional Songs. On Octo-ber 29, students ofGuru Smt. LakshmiPadmanabhan of Vashi

rendered Bhakti San-geet. On October 30,Smt. Janaki Manian’s& Smt. Usha & Party’sdevotional music wasfeatured. On October

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By Abhitash D. Singh

ULWE: Chhath Puja,was celebrated withgreat zeal and enthusi-asm all over the city. InUlwe around 1000 dev-otees gathered at thepond in Sector 9 andoffered prayers to therising sun on Saturday,2nd November, 2019.

The tradition includ-ed bathing in holy riv-ers, fasting, abstainingfrom drinking waterand offering prayers tothe rising and settingsun. The fast was bro-ken on the final day ofthe festival.

The pond at Ulwewas cleaned in themorning at 6am by Av-inash Jha, AnimeshJha, Sanjay Gupta,Ravi Singh, Dr.Aniland their friends. Morethan 1000 devotees whowere dressed in the bestcostumes, came alongwith their family andchildren carrying flow-ers and fruits and sing-ing folk songs.

Avinash Jha, one ofthe organisers said, “Itis most important fes-tival of the people be-longing to Bihar, UttarPradesh and Jhark-hand. From last fewyears many people

Chhath Puja celebrated with pomp at Ulwe

More than 1000 gathered at Sector-9 pond in Ulwe

from other religionshave also started cele-brating it. We cleanedthe pond and the sur-rounding areas as wewere expecting moredevotees than previousyear. This festival iscelebrated to offerprayers to the Sun aswe consider it to be asymbol of energy, pros-perity and progress. Itis also believed thatsun helps in curing avariety of diseases andensures longevity.”

Jha added, “Thepuja has special signif-icance during sunriseand sunset as they arespiritually strong timesof the day.”

Sunita Shrivasta, aresident of Chhapra,Bihar who was on Di-wali vacation in Ulwesaid, “Prayer to Sunensures long life andalso slows down the age-ing process. I thoughtthat Chhath Puja isonly celebrated withpomp in Bihar andparts of Northern In-dia. However, I was sur-prised to see the largenumber of local devo-tees attending the pujahere.”

Rakesh Shrivasta-va, who had come with

his family to celebrateChhath Puja said,“Ulwe has a large pop-ulation from Bihar andNorthern India. It wasreally nice to see somany people celebrat-ing the festival with fullof enthusiasm. This fes-tival holds a very impor-tant and special signif-icance for us.”

Our reader K S Shukla, shares pictures of garbage and construction debris being dumped in thecreek adjacent to Sarovar Vihar Road Garden (near Coast Guard Complex) in CBDBelapur, Sector-11. This damages /pollutes the creek and Mangroves. “E-mails sent to the au-thorities in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and Forest Department have not elicited anyresponse from them and debris dumping continues unabated,” he says.

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MLA Manda Mhatre meetsNMMC Commissioner and Mayor

Urges them to donate fund to deluge

affected farmers of Maharashtra

By Chandrashekhar Hednve

Navi Mumbai: The recently re-elect-ed MLA from the Belapur Constitu-ency Manda Mhatre met the NaviMumbai Municipal Commissioner,Annasaheb Misal and Mayor, JaywantSutar at NMMC Headquarter in Be-lapur and urged them to support thedeluge affected farmers of Maharash-tra. She was accompanied by BJP cor-porators and office bearers.

“Many farmers have lost every-thing due to the drought in many dis-tricts in Maharashtra. NMMC,which is one of the richest civic body

in the state, should come forward andrender support,” said MLA MandaMhatre.

During the meeting she alsoraised issues regarding slum areas,installation of CCTV, construction offoot over bridge at NRI and NerulHighway, development of butterflygarden at Jewel of Navi Mumbai,parking problems in Rajiv GandhiStadium, parking problems in NaviMumbai, maintenance of holdingponds and hawkers’ issues. She alsoraised the issues of non-maintenanceof She-toilets.

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Festivals are an expressive way to celebrate gloriousheritage, culture and traditions. They are meant to re-joice special moments and emotions in our lives withour loved ones. They play an important role to add struc-ture to our social lives and connect us with our familiesand backgrounds. I think we are with a much moredemanding work life than earlier and with the amal-gamation of cultures happening globally, we are losing

our cultural identity. Things have changed now. Our hectic lifestyle ismajorly to be blamed, also since most of the families are nuclear it be-comes very difficult to follow all those rituals of celebration. We are notpatient enough to go through all procedure due to lack of time and morethan that a lack of interest. Surely festivals are losing their originalcolours.Revathi Nair, Principal, Koperkhairane

NAVI MUMBAIKARS SPEAK Do you feel festivals are losing their original colours?

Yes slowly most of the festivals in the country are notbeing celebrated with much pomp and enthusiasm.Earlier when we were in our teens we used to enjoy allthe festivals and everyone used to contribute in theirown ways, but now slowly the celebration is fading. Whilesome of the festivals are still celebrated with pomp butmost of the festivals are losing their original colours.Avinash Jha, Businessman, Ulwe

Ganesh Chaturthi, Holi and Diwali of course have losttheir earlier charm. During my college days, I used tovisit Ganesh Pandals and used to be in queue till 4 amin the morning along with my friends and family, butnowadays there is no such bigger queue. Also there werelots of happiness, joy and enjoyment on everyone’s faceduring festivals but nowadays due to inflation the peo-ple are not able to celebrate it in a big way and the

reason all the festivals are losing their original colours.Sunil Ramakrishnan, PR Consultant, Vashi

Yes, festivals are really losing their original colours.There are many reasons for this. Joy of celebrating anyfestival in a nuclear family is completely different fromjoint family and we find joint families now. Second rea-son is, because of today’s busy life, we are not able tospend time for festivals. Many people infact do not evenknow why we are celebrating festivals? Last thing Iwant to mention is that few people want to celebrate

festivals in social media by sending messages or posting pictures. Theycelebrate the festivals without any joy. Vinod Kotebavi, Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham

It is unfortunate that many of the festivals are losingtheir originality. The festivals are becoming high techand are losing their simplicity. The aim of any festivalis to celebrate with zeal and enthusiasm not only withfamily members but with neighbours, friends and wellwishers and spread happiness along the way.Dr. Punit Tambe, Koperkhairane

We are not celebrating festivals in their true spiritsanymore. We are indulging in extravagance, pomp andshow. I strongly feel that people are aping Bollywoodstyle and are forgetting their roots.Minakshi Agarwal, Kharghar

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FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 Official Emblem Unveiled

Event marks the countdown for the biennial marquee event to be held from 2 Nov

By Ashok Dhamija

The historic Gate-way of India in Mumbaiprovided an ideal settingfor the launch pad of theFIFA U-17 Women’sWorld Cup India 2020 ayear from now asHon’ble Minister forSports & Youth Affairs(I/C) Kiren Rijiju alongwith FIFA Councilmember and LOCChairman Praful Pateland FIFA’s Chief Wom-

(L to R): FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 LOC Chairman Praful Patel, FIFA’sChief Women’s Football Officer Sarai Bareman, Hon’ble Minister for Sports & YouthAffairs (I/C) Kiren Rijiju and Director of the LOC, Roma Khanna are all elated post thelaunch of the official emblem. (Photos by author)

Leading sports person including two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup™ winner, Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFALegend Kristine Lilly, Veteran Indian International footballer Bembem Devi, Indian national team goalkeeper Armind-er Singh, Indian Vice Captain Ajinkya Rahane, India’s first blade runner and Kargil war veteran Major DP Singh andIndia’s current U-17 Women’s Footballer Silky Devi joined the dignitaries on the occasion.

The iconic Gateway of India is decked up with colour-ful lights on the occasion

FIFA U-17 Women’s WorldCup India 2020 OfficialEmblem

en’s Football Officer Sa-rai Bareman unveiledits Official Emblem onSaturday 2 November,2019.

To be slated from 2to 21 November in2020, the seventh edi-tion of the biennial tour-nament which will beheld for the first time in

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By Ashok Dhamija

India’s HarsimranKaur has been invitedto participate in amulti-week trainingcamp from Nov. 7 - 24at The NBA GlobalAcademy at BasketballAustralia’s Centre ofExcellence in Canberra,Australia, making herthe first prospect fromthe NBA AcademiesWomen’s Program andthe first female prospectfrom outside of Austra-lia to attend The NBAGlobal Academy. The16-year-old was namedMost Valuable Player atthe third NBA Acade-mies Women’s Pro-gram camp held inMumbai from 2-5 Oct,2019.

The teenage lanky

Teenage Hoopster Harsimran Kaur First IndianTo Train At The NBA Global Academy

player from Punjab hasalready represented In-dia at multiple interna-tional events, including3x3 Asian Champion-ships held in Jakarta inAugust 2019. Harsim-ran was also one of thefour Indian girls invit-ed to the first Next Gen-eration program at theNCAA Women’s FinalFour in Tampa thispast April, competingagainst top USA Bas-ketball Women’s Jun-ior National Teammembers. This was fol-lowed by her participa-tion in BasketballWithout Borders Asiain Tokyo this summer.

During her time inCanberra, Harsimranwill participate in prac-tices, three-on-three

India’s Harsimran Kaur became the first Indian femaleplayer from the NBA Academies Women’s Program to beselected for advanced training at NBA Global Academyin Australia.

Academy and Basket-ball Australia’s Centreof Excellence. In addi-tion to participating inbasketball developmentactivities designed toimprove her skillset,shooting, and physicalconditioning, she willalso participate in lifeskills development fo-cused on education,mental health and well-ness, and nutrition.

As may be recalled‘The NBA Global Acad-emy’ serves as theNBA’s hub for top pros-pects from outside theU.S. NBA’s Centre ofExcellence is the pre-mier training centerand team for Australia’stop male and femalebasketball prospects. Anumber of current

NBA and WNBA play-ers previously trainedat the Centre of Excel-lence, including AronBaynes (Phoenix Suns),Liz Cambage (Las Ve-gas Aces), Matthew Del-lavedova (ClevelandCavaliers), Joe Ingles(Utah Jazz) and DanteExum (Utah Jazz) haveexcelled at the profes-sional stage.

“I’m so excited to forthis great opportunity.This opportunity totrain at the NBA Glo-bal Academy will notonly identify and ad-dress the areas I needto work on, but alsoserve as a platform toshowcase my skills andwhat I am capable ofgoing forward,” saidHarsimran Kaur.

scrimmages andweight training ses-sions alongside top Aus-

tralian prospects andunder the guidance ofcoaches from the NBA

Mobile thieves nabbedBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Ayoung man nabbed aduo who were trying toflee with the mobilephone worth Rs 17,000on a scooty. The ac-cused have been iden-tified as Ashraf AyubKhan (19) and AkshayShashikant Gaikwad(19). They have beenarrested by the RabaleMIDC police.

The complainant,Sudhakar Pawar, 68, aresident of Palawa Cityin Shill Road, arrivedat MIDC on Sunday af-ternoon. At around3.30pm, he was stand-ing near Kalpana hotelsquare for an Ola carto go back home. Atthat time, Akshay, whowas sitting on thescooty with Ashrafsnatched the mobile

phone from Pawar’shands and fled towardsMahape.

Pawar raised alarmand started chasing thescooty. Seeing him, an-other young man onmotorcycle stopped andhelped Pawar andstarted chasing theduo. They nabbed theduo at the T-junctionand handed them overto the police.

Thane District encom-passing about 560sq.kms. Later, with theappointment of MSRDCas SPA for few villagesvide the GovernmentNotifications, the scopeof NAINA Project hasbeen now limited to 224villages encompassing474 Sq.kms. CIDCOwith the advice of GoMhas decided to imple-ment the projectthrough Town Plan-ning Schemes (TPS).

Intention to prepareTPS-3 was declared on8th May 2018 havingabout eight hundredplus land (7/12) holders.

“The scheme hasreached the draft stagewithin the time linesprescribed in the Maha-rashtra Regional &Town Planning Act1966. With the sanctionof Draft Scheme, alllands under roads with-in the scheme aredeemed handed over tothe Planning Authority,thereby development ofroads within thescheme can be takenimmediately. The stategovernment shall nowappoint an arbitrator todefine, demarcate anddecide the areas allottedto the beneficiaries offinal plot holders in-cluding to the PlanningAuthority and also as-sess the contributionpayable in respect ofeach final plot and oth-

er issues spelt out inthe Act in a time boundmanner,” said PriyaRatambe, PRO CIDCO.

The first threeschemes together onsuccessful completionshall ensure 648 ha ofplanned layout, 830 fi-nal plots admeasuringabout 250 ha for devel-opment by land own-ers, 17 school plots, 77ha of parks & play-grounds, 52 km lengthof road, 26 ha of socialamenity plots andabout 35 ha of land forEconomically weakersection housing. Majoramenity plots like 6.0ha of sports stadium,Fire station, police sta-tion, area for riverfront development etc.are realised in theschemes through land

pooling concept. Al-most 15% of thescheme is dedicated to-wards active openspaces. Scheme alsoenvisages developmentof theme based urbanforestry through themechanism of Joint for-est management. Theland under amenities,open spaces, EWShousing, Growth Cen-tre shall be developedby CIDCO. Theschemes shall be gov-erned by “Special De-velopment Control Reg-ulations” already sanc-tioned for preliminaryTPS-1 by the Govern-ment.

Since sanction ofdevelopment plan of 23

CIDCO’sapproval to

Draft Town...Contd. from pg. 1

villages in April 2014,three schemes total ad-measuring approx. 648Ha achieved substan-tial milestones. Fourmore schemes are al-ready declared, propos-als of which are beingworked out by planningauthority, each admea-suring around 250ha.Another four schemesshall be launched bythe end of 2019, there-by completing the en-tire fabric of sanctioneddevelopment plan of 23villages, infrastructuredevelopment throughtown planningschemes. This would befirst time in the histo-ry of Urban Planningin Maharashtra, en-

tire DP is thought to beimplemented throughthe Town Planningscheme and CIDCO isgoing full throttle inachieving this mile-stone. The landrecords of almost theentire 23 villages willget changed into finalplots with planned lay-out, road network andamenities. The UrbanDevelopment, Govern-ment of Maharashtra,the State Town &Country Planning De-partment, Pune, havebeen extending unprec-edented support to thePlanning Authority intransforming develop-ment plan proposalsinto reality.

dent that the MCZMAdecision will be bindingon all project propo-nents.”

“Several real estateplots appear to havebeen earmarked forreal estate develop-ment and hopefully thisdisastrous develop-

ment will be checked.There have been sever-al attempts to blockfree flow of creek waterinto the holding pondsand thus choke themangroves and dry upthe wetland,” he said.

“Now at least, theholding ponds will besaved. Local fishingcommunity which hasbeen deprived of even asmall catch of fish willheave a sigh of relief.CIDCO will hopefully

Dronagiriwetlands,

mangroves...Contd. from pg. 1

remove the barricadesand allow nature loversand fishermen enterthe area,” Kumar add-ed.

Kumar emphasisedthat it is wrong tobrand environment lov-ers as an anti-develop-ment lot. “We are notagainst any develop-ment. Our only ques-tion is whether itshould happen at thecost of the environ-ment?”

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Man gets 10 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minorBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Kail-ash Gaikwad (27), hasbeen sentenced byThane District and Ses-sions Judge PP Jadhavto 10 years imprison-ment and a fine of Rs10,000 for sexually as-saulting a six-year-oldminor girl who lives inthe neighbourhood.The incident took placein Talwali village inMay 2016.

The victim was inthe village of Talwalivillage and addressedthe accused Kailash

Gaikwad as mama (un-cle). The incident hap-pened in May 2016when the victim’smother had sent her toa nearby temple alongwith her friends. Whileshe was returningback from the temple,the accused forciblypicked up the victimand took her to hishouse and assaultedthe victim.

The victim’s friendsinformed that the ac-cused Gaikwad hadforcibly taken the vic-tim to his house, fol-

lowing which the vic-tim’s mother rushed toGaikwad’s house and

the country at variousvenues across the coun-try including the pictur-esque D Y Patil Stadi-um, Navi Mumbai willwitness participationfrom a total of 16 teamsincluding India whoqualify automatically ashost while 15 otherteams qualify from sixseparate continentalcompetitions. The star-studded launch eventwas held in presence oftwo-time FIFA Women’sWorld Cup™ winner,Olympic Gold Medalistand FIFA Legend Kris-tine Lilly, as well asmembers of India’s U-17Women’s Football Teamincluding Silky Devi –who will be competingnext year to lift the tro-phy whose shape in-spired the emblemlaunch. Veteran IndianInternational footballerBembem Devi, Indiannational team goalkeep-er Arminder Singh, In-dian Vice CaptainAjinkya Rahane, In-dia’s first blade runnerand Kargil war veteranMajor DP Singh whoinspired the gatheringwith their words of wis-dom along with residentof DYPSA and MCA DrVijay Patil too werepresent on the momen-tous occasion.

Speaking on the oc-casion Kiren Rijiju said“I’m extremely proud tobe part of the launch ofthe Official Emblem andstand behind our wom-en footballers as theytake an important steptowards this historicevent at a historic ven-

ue which I believe thistournament ill serve asa Gateway for the Indi-an footballers to make amark in the future in-ternational tourna-ments including theWorld Cup. It is impor-tant to inculcate theculture to play sports inIndia, and this can onlybe done when there isawareness and interest.We are delighted thatthrough the U-17 Wom-en’s World Cup, we canalso initiate variousschemes and pro-grammes that makesports like footballwhich is the planetsmost played game andcane be played any-where, easily accessibleto everyone, especiallyyoung girls. The firststep being to conduct aWomen Football Leagueby next month itself onthe line of the lines of‘Oorja’ – A Football Tal-ent Hunt Tournamentwhich was held in 2017across the country. Andthat’s not it - we will alsocreate interesting possi-bilities around footballat all levels by encour-aging immense partici-pation and opportunitiesfor empowerment ofwomen”.

“This tournamentis not only a first steponto the internationalstage for the youngwomen participating, itis an opportunity to in-spire girls of all agesacross India and aroundthe world to realize theirdreams by making thebest of the opportunitiesat the big stage,” added

Chief Women’s FootballOfficer Sarai Bareman.“The FIFA U-17 Wom-en’s World Cup, whichcomes at the backdropof one of the most suc-cessful and biggestWomen’s World Cup inFrance, has huge poten-tial to inspire positivechange in society andpromote gender equali-ty. The Indian publicwill see talented femaleathletes and future rolemodels take the pitchnext year, and I’m hon-ored to be here at thestart of this excitingjourney and of the firmbelief that it will be agame changer for thissports.”

Talking about thelaunch, FIFA Councilmember and LOCChairman Praful Patelsaid, “Hosting the firstFIFA tournament forwomen in the countrywill mark a momentousoccasion for womensports in India. Wecouldn’t be more thrilledto have another histor-ic occasion for India andthe AIFF. We are hap-py that all the stakeholders including ourPrime Minister, SportsMinistry, Governmentof Maharashtra havepledged their wholeheartedly support forthis marquee event.With just one year to gofor FIFA U-17 WWCIndia 2020, I would liketo encourage everyonein India including thesponsors to come outand support the tourna-ment in numbers. Wehave done it for the boysbefore, now it is time to

do it for our girls!”Speaking at the cer-

emony, USA based FIFALegend Kristine Lillysaid “The joy, passionand emotions that theworld most popularsports football bring canbe witnessed at all levelbe it Men or Womencompetition. Today’sunveiling of the OfficialEmblem for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World CupIndia 2020 marks thestart of an exciting jour-ney with just one yearto go until the tourna-ment. Combining vi-brant colours and ele-ments from across Indi-an culture, nature andsport, this emblembrings the tournamentto life and gives it a vi-sual identity that notonly aims to become afocal point and a sym-bol of hope for manyyoung women and girlsaround the world, butwill also inspire them toplay football and to fol-

low and pursue theirdreams.”

Tournament Direc-tor of the LOC, RomaKhanna added, “This isa very important mile-stone for our Tourna-ment. We not only havea very distinct image,but also this sets thetone for the coming yeartill the competitionkicks off. With thisEmblem, we will now goout to ensure the FIFAU-17 Women’s WorldCup India 2020 becomesrecognisable by footballas well as non-footballfans. We are proud tounveil the India 2020Official Emblem and of-ficial look that see usplay host to fantastictalent from all over theworld, and encouragemore girls to play foot-ball”. Photos by author

About the Emblem:The joyful design

combines exciting andcolourful elements fromboth the natural world

and Indian culture. Thebright blue waves of thebase reach up along theform of the trophy to-ward the paisley flour-ish crowning the de-sign. The dropletframes a ball made froma marigold flower, a cel-ebratory symbol ofgrowth and develop-ment befitting a youthcompetition.

The color and styleof the marigold aredrawn from Bandhanitextiles, an Indian tie-dye technique datingback thousands ofyears. The stem of themarigold is accentedwith vibrant symbols ofunity and celebrationderived from tradition-al Warli paintings, butin the bright hues foundin Bandhani patterns.

Together, the compo-nents are filled with thetournament’s youthfulenergy and emphasisethe potential for the up-coming event.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A young man try-ing to sell a rare breed Indian sandboa, a rare snake, was arrested onSunday night by an anti-narcoticteam of Navi Mumbai police near STstand in Panvel. The accused hasbeen identified as Prasad SantoshJadhav (20). Snake worth Rs 50 lakhwas seized. Police have handed overthe snake to forest officials.

The anti-narcotic team was in-formed that a young man was com-ing to the Panvel ST depot to sell thesnake. Accordingly, under the guid-ance of Senior Police InspectorRavindra Budhwant, Assistant Po-

Man trying to sell rarebreed of snake nabbed

lice Inspector Nilesh Mane and histeam, set a trap at the Panvel STstand on Sunday evening. The po-lice became suspicious of PrasadJadhav who was interrogated by thepolice.

When the police checked the bagunder his posession, a rare breed ofsnake was found. Later, during in-terrogation, Jadhav confessed to beselling the snake for Rs 50 lakh. Theanti-narcotics team arrested PrasadJadhav under the Wildlife ProtectionAct. Police said that Prasad Jadhavis being interrogated further to findout from where he got this rare breedof snake.

rescued her daughter.She later filed a com-

plaint with the Rabale

police against the ac-cused Kailash Gaikwadwho was arrested un-der Pcoso. Subsequent-ly, Assistant Police In-spector Mahesh Bha-vikatti completed theinvestigation and fileda charge sheet in theSessions Court inThane.

The trial wasstarted in the Districtand Sessions Judge P.P.Jadhav’s court. Addi-tional governmentprosecutor Adv. VivekKadu, in this case, re-corded the testimony of

six witnesses. The tes-timony of both the vic-tim and her motherwas significant. Subse-quently, P.P. Jadhavconvicted the accusedKailash Gaikwad onthe available evidenceand sentenced him to10 years imprisonmentand a fine of Rs 10,000.A fine of up to 3months is imposed ifthe penalty is not paid.Deputy Superinten-dent of Police Chavanand SP Naik SP Jag-tap assisted in thecourt work.

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Save Aarey forestAs a resident of Mumbai for the last 60 years,

I am not against the Metro car shed being con-structed at the Aarey colony site in Goregaon be-cause we all know how vastly it would improveour transport system. However, all I want is to stop the trees in theforest area from being cut down because it has been there for hundredsof years and a lot of tribal people (Adivasis) who worship the trees livethere.

Felling of trees for the sake of constructing a car shed is not a wisemove. The trees must be saved by all means because like the cow, it issacred to some people.

- Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Bengal blaze away in hazeFrom inviting India to bat on a slow surface to reaching the target in

style, Bangladesh stayed in command. Team India fare poorly on quali-ty index and lost the game by 7 wickets with 3 balls left. Inexperienceled to on field mistakes and poor decision making. First of all teamselection is questionable with push overs being given preference. Overappealing and trying to confuse field umpires did not work wonders inthe end. We lost to Bangladesh for the first time in a T-20 game. Thevisitors played well within their limitations in the absence Shakib AlHasan, whereas we repent on the absence of Virat Kohli.

Indian batting failed miserably. Bowling was of poor quality and thefielding was atrocious. Team India counted their chickens before actual-ly hatches and paid high price for complacency. Bengal blaze away inhaze while men in blue fail to rise to the occasion. In all, Team Indiatasted a T-20 defeat after Sourav Ganguly became President of BCCI.Now it is a do or die situation for Rohit Sharma’s side.

- C.K. Subramaniam,Millennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada

No solution in sight to the state’spolitical turmoil

BJP, Shiv Sena and CM Devendra Fadnavis are worried over theoutcome in forming the government. The perception of the BJP being aperfectly run unit in Maharashtra under his command, with dominanceover money, muscle and leadership, has come crumbling down in thelast few days as the deadlock over government formation stretches to 11days. Seeking to extract its pound of flesh after the BJP’s below par tallyin the election, the Shiv Sena has amped up the rhetoric. The stalematecontinues and the state Governor is just helpless watching the progressfrom a distance and look for an end solution to the pressing problem.

- Jayanthy Anandambal, P W Mansion, Sion, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....

By Vinod C. Dixit

In his nearly 50-minute speech inBangkok, PM Modispoke on a range ofissues including thewelfare measuresrolled out by hisgovernment, hisreturn to power with abigger mandate in theLok Sabha elections,strength of the Indianeconomy, importanceof Indian diaspora inoverall growth of thecountry and how Indiais emerging as a“major power” globally.He clearly gavemessages that Indiahas decided to elimi-nate a big reasonbehind sowing of seedsof terrorism andseparatism.”

It is clear thatIndia has never bowedbefore terrorism andwill never do. Enoughis Enough. It is a hightime the Governmentof India should take afirm action. The timehas now come to teachPakistan what iscalled terrorism intheir words and thepower of unity that ourcountry has. Rightfrom 1971, Pakistanhas been playing withfire Thousands ofIndians includingsoldiers have lost theirlives. We can’t walk onthe path of peace anymore just give a revoltand bloodshed to themand show the worldthat our peace is ourstrength not ourweakness. We shouldknow with whom weare dealing with. Evennow if we go soft wewill continue becomingsoft target of Pakistan.The loss of life of theterrorists is not big forthem but the loss oflives of our bravejawans is morevaluable for us. Howlong this hide and seekgame will continue?Our Indian army isour precious jewel andwe can’t afford to loseanymore. Unless weact tough they won’tchange. India needs toput an end to all the

Modi’s big reason to throw outterrorism and separatism

terror outfits situatedin their land perma-nently.

Every terror attackis an act of war againstIndia. India till datehas been acting in away too far and socalled “matured anddiplomatic” way, at thecost of its brave sol-diers’ and their fami-lies’ lives and future,but with little fruition.Restraint is not avirtue that can prac-tised without regard tothe context andcircumstances. Indiacannot take suchattack instant specificbut on policy to haveeternal mechanism tohandle Kashmir issues.India needs to have astrong anti-terrorismpolicy. It is imperativeto understand theterrorists’ operationalenvironment and knowtheir modus operandiand targeting patterns.There must be concert-ed efforts to gatherintelligence from placeswhere terroristsconceal themselves andseek to establish andhide their infrastruc-ture. Terrorism isstrongly condemned inall its forms andmanifestations andstressed that there canbe no justificationwhatsoever for any actsof terrorism. Terrorismof course is a majorproblem which isagitating every one ofus. Terrorism isgreatest challenge forworld society as it isnot only causinghuman suffering butalso impeding peace &development. Countriesshould ignore Pakistanand continue economic,cultural and scientificcooperation amongstthem. Some leadingnations of the worldover last 3 decadeshave ignored menace ofterrorism in some partsof the world. Modi hasrightly declared that“We are united in ourbelief that terrorismand its supporters haveto be punished, notrewarded.” His hard

line on Pakistanmarks a departurefrom India’s traditionof strategic restraint.Modi’s approach hasemboldened India’sneighbour to emergeas state sponsor ofterrorism. We need acomprehensive nation-al policy to deal withdomestic militancy aswell as cross-borderterrorism. We shouldbe pro active andshould take somestrict actions before welose more lives. Thereshould be zero toler-ance policy in actionnow.

We must rememberthat peace and harmo-ny is the basic require-ment of any nation.The citizens of acountry feel safe andsecure and can prosperonly if a peacefulenvironment ismaintained. Idealpeace demands thedevelopment of a non-nuclear, war-free,non-violent peacefulworld through con-scious global efforts.The old thinking: “Ifyou want peace beprepared for war” hasto be abandoned andreplaced by a firmfaith in the principle ofpeace through non-violent means andpeaceful internationalrelations based onequality and respectfor each other’sterritorial integrityand nationhood.

We must alsoremember that thegovernment cannot beheld responsible formaintaining peace andharmony in thecountry. Each one ofus should take it asour responsibility tonurture feelings ofbrotherhood withfellow citizens. Incontemporary times,the most urgent andimportant internation-al objective has been topreserve protect anddefend peace againstterrorism.

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complex- have to face ona daily basis.

“Water is accumu-lated in the pits mak-ing it impossible toguess how deep the pot-hole is?,” says RajuDalvi, who commutesdaily from Vashi to Ko-parkhairane. He saysthe situation is worse asthere are many pot-holes at the entrance ofthe bus depot forcingcommuters to hop andjump to avoid the cra-ters.

NMMT busdepot...

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Sarita Nair says sheis confused whether itis a bus depot or a reg-ular parking slot. “Iusually travel by autowhen I visit RaguleelaMall which is next tothe railway station.However, as it was hol-iday and there were noauto rickshaws, I decid-ed to take the bus. ButI was surprised to seeprivate buses, bicyclesand tempos, motor bi-cycles etc. parked in thepremises of the depot. Iwas confused whetherit was a depot or a park-ing plaza,” she says.

Rohini Ghanekar

questions the quality ofwork carried out byNMMC. She says, “La-khs of rupees are spentin the name of civicworks especially withregards to filling pot-holes post monsoon.However, with just fewspells of fresh showersthe potholes remerge. Isthis called qualitywork?” She furtherpoints that the condi-tion of footpath is equal-ly pathetic.

Despite repeated at-tempts NMMT Trans-port Manager ShirishArdwad was not reach-able.

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By Ashok Dhamija

PANVEL: In view of huge demand from the passengers travelling via Konkan Railway (KR) route onpermanent basis, Railways have decided to augment extra coaches in following Express Trains onpermanent basis. The details are as under:.

Permanent Augmentation of CoachesIn Express Trains Via KR Route

There will however be no changes in the schedule and halts of the above Express Trains whichincludes Panvel Junction too. Passengers are requested to kindly avail the services.

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ISTD and BVIMSR jointly organise a seminar on Competency MappingBy Divakar Gore

Indian Society forTraining and Develop-ment and BharatiVidyapeeth’s Instituteof Management Stud-ies and Research, NaviMumbai jointly organ-ised a seminar on Com-petency Mapping on2nd November, 2019 atBVIMSR, Navi Mum-bai.

To meet the re-quirement of industry,the Human Resource

Management Depart-ment of BVIMSR initi-ated this program, in-formed an organiser.

Dr. Anjali Kalse (Direc-tor, BVIMSR) welcomedand felicitated JayshreeKatkar (Chairperson-

ISTD, Navi Mumbaiand Vice President-HR,Deepak Fertilisers).Prof. Makarand Pole fe-licitated Dr. SajeevNair (Renowned Indus-try Professional andDomain Expert). Dr.Sajeev Nair conductedan informative and use-

ful session on Compe-tency Mapping. He in-troduced to the audi-ence new dimensions ofCompetency basedupon his vast experi-ence.

Later, practical ex-ercises in mappingcompetences with job

description were con-ducted. Prof. KuldeepBhalerao (Seminar Co-ordinator) expressedhis gratitude to Dr.Vilasrao Kadam (Cam-pus Director), Dr. An-jali Kalse (Director,BVIMSR) and Jay-shree Katkar (Chair-person, ISTD, NaviMumbai) for their con-tinuous support andmotivation for organis-ing the seminar. Prof.Priyeta Priyadarshaniextended her specialthanks to students, fac-ulties and corporateparticipants for theiractive participation inseminar

NMMC Commissioner Annasaheb Misal, Lion’s Clubs International district chairman (for Dist 3231 A-2) Maneshwar Nayak , Navi Mumbai First Chairman Mohan Gurnani,former senior audit officer at CAG Geeta Poduval, at NTPC organised vigilance weekseminar at Vashi.

NAVI MUMBAI: The Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation (NMMC)’sonline vigilance services has provedto be a big help to citizens, said Mu-nicipal Commissioner AnnasahebMisal.

Addressing a Vigilance Weekseminar on Saturday evening, Mis-al said the online service, meant totackle citizens’ grievances , hasevoked good response and even thereddressal system has been quite ef-fective.

He remarked that corruption isnot limited to government depart-ments alone. Society as a whole hasto pay attention to this aspect so thatintegrity becomes integral part of ourlives.

The civic body would considersetting up a separate vigilance de-partment if required, said Misal, whowas the chief guest at the seminarorganised by NTPC, India’s largestenergy conglomerate. NGO NaviMumbai First, national communica-tors’ body Public Relations Councilof India (PRCI) and Lions Club ofNavi Mumbai NRI supported theevent with the theme Integrity – AWay of Life.

Misal appreciated NTPC for tak-ing the initiative of holding the out-reach programme in Navi Mumbaiand said such awareness drives wouldgo a long way in building a corrup-tion free society.

Lions Clubs International districtgovernor (for Dist 3231 A-2) Manesh-war Nayak said integrity plays a

NMMC goes online with vigilance services

major role in maintaining reputa-tion. He illustrated as to how cer-tain so-called top business leaderslost reputation built over years whenthey slipped on integrity.

Former senior audit officer atCAG Geeta Poduval said throughouther 20 plus years of career she re-fused to digest injustice. She lament-ed that in our day-to-day lives thetendency appeared to compromise.This is clearly seen when motoristsdo not observe basic traffic rules andjust break the signals. Integrityshould be integral part of our lives,she added.

Environmentalist Nanda-kumar Pawar said vigilance againstecological destruction is a continu-ous process and just a matter of aweek’s observance. He cited the ex-ample of the on-going fight againstdestruction of wetlands and man-groves in MMR and said the peoplewould have to be alert to save envi-ronment.

PRCI governing council chair-man B N Kumar said media andcommunication industry play a ma-jor role in maintaining vigilance.Integrity should also be part of com-munication professional’s lives, hesaid.

K Ravindran, additional GM (cor-porate communication) at NTPCexplained the company’s outreachacross the society during the vigi-lance awareness week. PRCI westzone chairman Sanjay Rammoorthyproposed a vote of thanks.